Characters
- 总 (總): general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 而 (而): and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 言 (言): words; speech; to say; to talk
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
Resources
- Wiktionary: 总而言之
- MDBG: 总而言之
- Examples with 总而言之 on Tatoeba
Examples
他东托人，西应聘，总而言之是为了做自己称心的生活。
总而言之，生命是很短的。